China has a cultural history of five thousand years, in the evolution of these thousands of years, the only constant is agriculture, and "heavy agriculture and suppression of business" is the economic guiding ideology of successive dynasties, from the Spring and Autumn Warring States period "reward farming war, suppress business Jia", to the formal formation of "heavy agriculture and suppress business" after the Qin and Han Dynasties, and even the prohibition of the sea in the Ming and Qing dynasties are all inhibiting commerce.
However, in the late Qing Dynasty, with the invasion of Western powers, the economic system began to change, merchants appeared in an endless stream, the red-top businessman Hu Xueyan and the "Chinese merchant father" Sheng Xuanhuai were all representatives of the business community, Sheng Xuanhuai even laid down the business empire, but after Sheng Xuanhuai's death, his family business was almost destroyed by several sons.
However, after the separation of the seven sons, Sheng Shengyi, with his own efforts, he laid down the family business step by step, but this family business is related to a "nobleman", this nobleman is Kong Lingkan, Kong Lingkan's mother is Song Lingling, one of the three sisters of the Song clan, and his father is Kong Xiangxi.
The Kong family, whether in business or politics, is a figure with a head and a face, Kong Lingkan is also the grand duke of the Kong family, born with a golden key since childhood, the brocade and jade food are too accustomed, no one can control him, plus the background of his life, and he is surrounded by people who flatter and sneak and pat horses, which makes Kong Lingkan more and more self-respecting, flying and stumbling, and does not pay attention to anyone.
Even Song Ziwen has suffered his losses, Song Ziwen has not been able to see him, since the Kong family asked Kong Lingkan to do business, Song Ziwen in addition to basic socializing, never talked to him, and even almost broke with him, this is also because Kong Lingkan and Song Ziwen's wife's sister Zhang Leyi mixed, but Zhang Leyi is after all a member of the uncle's family, they will agree, and finally did not succeed under the two families to stop it.
Without Zhang Leyi, Kong Lingkan also looked at Sheng Shengyi's wife "White Orchid" Although the white orchid is over 40 years old, it is extremely well maintained, and it looks like it is in its early 30s, the Kong family has a habit of rubbing mahjong every night, and Song Qingling will invite some capitalists to gather at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Although the Sheng family has fallen, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse after all, and Sheng Shengyi is also a bit of a family business, and the connections in the business world are still very sufficient, they are a few noble wives playing cards together, Sheng Shengyi and Kong Xiangxi stay together, since the Zhang Leyi incident, Song Lingling forced Kong Lingkan to stay at home.
And "white orchid" is outgoing, can speak the Tao, as long as she comes, the whole room of people will listen to her alone, as a junior, Kong Lingkan will often stay on the side to listen to his speech, two people are familiar with each other, white orchid is also from time to time to invite him to go out for a walk.
Sheng Shengyi is also a veteran in the industry, this point of cat greasy nature can also be seen, one day, Sheng Shengyi pretended to be unwell first, said that after playing the card by the Kong family to send the "white orchid" home, this send home of course by Kong Lingkan, the next morning the white orchid returned to the Sheng family.
Sheng Shengyi felt that this had happened, he went to the Kong family to discuss some cooperation matters, although Kong Xiangxi was in charge of the Kong family business, but in order to cultivate Kong Lingkan, most of the business was handed over to him to do, so this matter was naturally to find him to talk, Kong Lingkan and Sheng Shengyi both knew it, and the two cooperated very happily.
In order to get the support of Kong Lingkan, Sheng Shengyi simply divorced the "white orchid", and the white orchid naturally followed Kong Lingkan, the son of the richest man who married a divorced woman, where in the family can raise his head, many laugh at him, but he is thick-skinned and does not care at all.
Since then, Sheng Shengyi's business has been smooth sailing since then, and Kong Lingkan has also changed his previous nature and become very single-minded, spending decades with Bai Orchid, and inheriting the family business with her help.